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Fall Prevention in Long-Term Care: An In-House Interdisciplinary Team Approach

 

作者: Aaron Eakman,   Michael Havens,   Shellee Ager,   Rebecca Buchanan,   Nancy Fee,   Sylvia Gollick,   Mary Michels,   Lorin Olson,   Kathy Satterfield,   Kathy Stevenson,  

 

期刊: Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation  (OVID Available online 2002)
卷期: Volume 17, issue 3  

页码: 29-39

 

ISSN:0882-7524

 

年代: 2002

 

出版商: OVID

 

关键词: falls;long-term care;older adults;prevention

 

数据来源: OVID

 

摘要:

Older adults in long-term care are at great risk of injury from falling. An interdisciplinary fall prevention team recommended four classes of interventions for 25 long-term care residents with significant fall histories. Data were collected covering 90-day, pre- and post-intervention time frames. Resident falls evidenced a 39.8% decline (p= .0001). Resident injuries declined 49% consisting of mild (p= .05) and severe injuries (p= .04). The findings of this study suggest that an interdisciplinary fall team is an effective tool for reducing resident falls and fall-related injuries in a long-term care setting.

 

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